Brothers pen new tribute to Red Sox Nation

Two brothers following a baseball dream are creating a new musical tribute to the World Series-winning Red Sox -- and forging their own place in the Boston sports scene.

John Hilliard

Two brothers following a baseball dream are creating a new musical tribute to the World Series-winning Red Sox -- and forging their own place in the Boston sports scene.

“Right now, this song that we wrote is a tribute to the Red Sox victory,'' said Rob Adamson.

Adamson, 53, co-wrote the work with his brother Ken, 52. Both graduated from Natick High School in the 1970s. The new song is being recorded this week in Boston and should be posted on the brothers' new Web site, www.swaggercity.com, when the site is launched on Friday, said Rob Adamson.

“This is something that captures the whole scene and captures the starting players,'' said Ken Adamson, who now lives in Connecticut.

Though they work in the pharmaceutical industry, both have a love for Boston sports and composing their own music. Ken Adamson also published his own album, “Keylicious,'' and has played the piano since age 5.

Rob Adamson - the “driving force'' behind the Sox songs' lyrics, said his brother - has also worked as a voice actor for Jam'n 94.5.

This isn't the pair's first Sox song. In 1995, when the team won the American League East, the Adamsons wrote “Red Sox Fever'' to honor that squad's success (the Sox were later swept out of the playoffs by the Cleveland Indians). They also reworked an existing song for the 2004 World Series win, but decided to pen an all-new song for 2007.

They say the second Series victory in four years is just as good as the Curse of the Bambino-banishing win in 2004.

“I think it was just as exciting. We're a much stronger team (than in 2004),'' said Rob Adamson. Their devotion to Boston sports stems from their own love of baseball. In fact, they named their Web site ``Swagger City'' because it is OK to swagger as a Boston fan these days, said Rob.

Their father, Robert, played minor league ball for the defunct Quebec Braves and was called one of the best center fielders of his day, said Rob Adamson, but never got his shot because of racism in Major League Baseball. Rob described his father's playing style as similar to Sox rookie Jacoby Ellsbury.

“Baseball was really something we wanted to do, but it wasn't in the cards,'' said Rob Adamson.

Their music is a collaboration of the two - Ken helps develop the instrumentals and both work on the lyrics - and songwriting is a dream they want to follow. But with “Dirty Water'' by the Standells, “Tessie'' by the Dropkick Murphys and even “Covering the Bases'' - the little-known album by ex-Sox hurler Bronson Arroyo - is there room for more music in the Boston sports scene? The men from Natick say yes.

“There is room for something with a different flavor,'' said Ron Adamson, who described their music as a mix of pop rock, R&B and other genres.

“Musically, we've always thought Boston could be a little more fun,'' said Ken Adamson, who also noted, ``It's something that had to be done, whether we made money or not.''